Nineteen Melrose Flower Studio

Nineteen Melrose Flower Studio is a floral endeavor by Marilyn and Marie based in Barrie, Ontario. The studio was first established in a small space in a medical center in September 1999, but its rapid-growing popularity soon necessitated an expansion into a storefront business. While the business continued to blossom and attract customers, Marilyn and Marie wanted to make a more meaningful contribution to the floral industry, so they decided to focus on education, workshops, joining associations, and providing custom design. To accommodate their blooming roles, the scope of the business was pared down and became a private, appointment-only studio. Marilyn and Marie strive to create stunning, thoughtful floral designs that remain faithful to your vision. The floral works of the studio reflect classic, eclectic, modern, preppy, romantic, vintage, rustic, country, glamorous, nautical, and tropical styles.

Experience

Marilyn Ruyter has more than 15 years of experience in producing unique and exquisite floral designs for weddings, everyday flowers, charity galas, and corporate events. She has an education in graphics and fine arts, and she now applies this love for design and colours to her floristry business.

Products offered

Marilyn encourages couples to schedule a consultation with her so that she can create custom floral works for their wedding. She also recommends that couples bring photos of their gowns, venue, textures, and colours so that she can produce floral arrangements that will seamlessly blend with their wedding ensemble. The studio also handles setup and delivery. Floral arrangements are offered for the following: -

Aisle decor

Altar decor

Bouquets

Boutonnieres

Centerpieces

Chuppah decor

Corsages

Flower petals

Single flowers

Other services

Besides providing flowers for weddings, the studio also creates floral works for corporate settings, charity events, and special occasions.

Areas covered

The business services Barrie and the surrounding area, including Midhurst, Horseshoe Valley, Oro, Innisfil, and the townships of Springwater and Essa.

Working with marilyn was amazing. She completely understood my vision and made my wedding so beautiful! We ordered a lot of items - even a specialized leash for my dog. Everything she made was gorgeous and she also took care of all the set up. I can't thank her enough!

Diana Gerrarf, Married on 01/09/2016

Quality of service:

Excellent

Responsiveness:

Excellent

Value:

Excellent

Flexibility:

Excellent

Professionalism:

Excellent

Marilyn did the flowers for my daughter's wedding and made her day! I am a landscape architect and so difficult to please in the design department. But she is an artist and her attention to detail is unmatched. THANK YOU!

[Private user]

Quality of service:

Excellent

Responsiveness:

Excellent

Value:

Excellent

Flexibility:

Excellent

Professionalism:

Excellent

Marilyn was fantastic through the whole wedding planning process. I do not know flowers well but she was able to guide me through the many options and suggest ideas for our wedding day. She was easy to communicate with and delivered gorgeous bouquets and centre pieces for our wedding.

Ashley Orr, Married on 30/09/2011

Quality of service:

Excellent

Responsiveness:

Excellent

Value:

Excellent

Flexibility:

Excellent

Professionalism:

Excellent

Flowers and Sense are amazing. I was so happy with the outcome of everything. I had some unique requests and they were met with flying colors and all within budget. I had so many compliments on my flowers, head table and centerpieces. I had a fall wedding and used wheat and ... View moreapples which were both provided by me. Flowers and sense filled in the blanks making something ordinary extraordinary.

Amanda Taylor, Married on 09/04/2011

Quality of service:

Excellent

Responsiveness:

Excellent

Value:

Excellent

Flexibility:

Good

Professionalism:

Excellent

I did not want to spend a lot of money on flowers and most of the flowers that I wanted were not in season. Marilyn worked with me to find flowers that I would like in the price range I was looking at. They also did my centre pieces. Marilyn had wonderful ideas and took into ... View moreaccount everything from my dress to the venue in getting the right look for our wedding.
The first consultation is free however if you want to change your mind on any of the flowers (which I did as I did not care for the original flowers after seeing them - I received a bouquet from my husband) you have to pay a fee for another consultation which wasn't much but at the same time I thought they should trying to get my business and not make me consider going elsewhere to save myself the fee. I realize that it takes up their time to do another consult, and nobody wants to work for free, but I felt that it should have been the cost of getting business as it was not until after I saw the original flowers that I changed my mind.
Overall though I was extremely happy with my flowers and the centrepieces, and I am glad I stuck with Flowers and Sense. Everything that they done turned out beautifully and I would definitely use them again.